Austrian chancellor gambles on far right’s populist tactics
VIENNA (Reuters) – Four months after he took over a coalition government stunned by the far-right Freedom Party’s electoral success, Austria’s new chancellor has taken a populist turn, adopting positions remarkably close to those of his anti-immigratio…
Italy government won’t resign whatever outcome of referendum: minister
ROME (Reuters) – The government will not resign whatever happens in the forthcoming referendum on constitutional reform, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Sunday, looking to allay fears over the stability of Italy.
Three police cars set ablaze in Dresden ahead of German Unity Day
BERLIN (Reuters) – Unknown perpetrators set fire to three police cars on Saturday night in the eastern city of Dresden, where security has been tightened for three days of events to mark 26 years since German reunification, police said on Sunday.
Deja vu in Congo as President Kabila clings to power
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko shed a tear as he delivered a speech in April 1990 promising his people an end to one-party rule and a future without the man they knew as the Guide.
Newspaper database shows police killings of Kenyans on the increase
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Police killings of Kenyans are on the rise, a Kenyan newspaper said on Sunday, as it published the country’s first comprehensive database detailing hundreds of such alleged killings in the past two years.
Russian, Syrian missiles pound Aleppo, destroy hospital: rebels and aid workers
AMMAN (Reuters) – Russian warplanes and their Syrian government allies battered rebel-held areas in and around Aleppo on Saturday, and rebels and aid workers accused them of destroying one of the city’s main hospitals and killing at least two patients….
Southern Philippines rebels free three Indonesian hostages
MANILA (Reuters) – Abu Sayyaf rebels linked to Islamic State freed three more Indonesian captives on Sunday after a three-month ordeal, the Philippine government said, taking the number of hostages released to nine in the past two weeks.
El Salvador judge reopens case of 1981 civil war massacre
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A judge in El Salvador has reopened the case of a massacre allegedly carried out by soldiers in 1981 that is considered the worst atrocity committed during the country’s brutal civil war, a lawyer involved in the matter said on…
Australia says MH17 missile suspects might be confirmed by year-end
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday the names of those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 might be confirmed by the end of the year.
Police clash with migrants and protesters outside Jungle camp
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – French police fired tear gas and water cannon at migrants and protesters who gathered in defiance of a ban on Saturday outside the shanty town near Calais known as “the Jungle”, local authorities said.
